ticks

[tdyer]

Tick Removal


Spring will be here soon and the ticks will soon be showing their heads.
Here is a good way to get them off you, your children, or your pets. Give
it a try.

Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs, or anyone who
even steps outside in summer!!

A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share -- And it
really works!!

I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a
tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's some times
difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head
full of dark hair, etc.

Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball.
Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball.
Swab it for a few seconds (15-20).
The tick will come out on its own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.
This technique has worked every time I've used it

 

[Roscue2]

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[joe dirt_1]

ticks are a problem where i live too. if you go to www.tickinfo.com there is a product you can treat your hunting clothes with that is supposed to last for up to six weeks of washings and still kill ticks. the site says if a tick gets on clothes treated with permethrin it will go about 10 inches and drop off dead. sounds like some good stuff and a 24 0z. bottle is around 15 dollars....enough to treat 4 sets of clothing......thanks............roger

 

[CSA GHOST]

The best I've ever found (here and abroad) is a product called Coulston's Duranon Permanone. You get it from Cabela's or other hunting stores. It costs about $6-$7 a can. As joe said, it last a while and kills ticks and any other biting insect that crawls on your clothes. CAUTION: It is for your clothing only. Never spray it on your skin.
Good hunting,
David